Hello and Welcome

I’m Catherine Simpson a writer based in Edinburgh.

My latest memoir Hold Fast: Motherhood, My Autistic Daughter and Me, is due for publication in 2025. This follows two previous memoirs – One Body: A Restrospective and When I Had a Little Sister: The Story of a Farming Family Who Never Spoke – and my debut novel, Truestory.

My work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland.

My name is on the list of approved authors on the Scottish Book Trust Live Lit Programme and I am available for author events, festivals, book groups, writing workshops and residencies.

I am represented by Joanna Swainson of Hardman and Swainson.